Well done on the walking Baxter...Benjamin still commandos everywhere, despite getting up on his knees and rocking, and sitting himself up whenever he wants, he still always drops right down to move!
He'll commando over to us though and pull up to standing (then bounce like a kangaroo!) meh..he'll get there when he's ready!
Benjamin had a hearing test yesterday, went well, except it looked like he was getting yet another ear infection,and yup, at the Dr today it was confirmed yet again Benjamin has an ear infection in both ears, and a throat infection....grrrr.....no wonder he was velcro boy....we kinda knew it was coming though, still a bummer.
He has coped with it so well, apart from a few nights where he protested going to sleep...and a couple of days where I felt like I'd developed a boy sized tumor on my hip cause I only had to look like I might think about putting him down and he would cling on for dear life!
He should not be given antibiotics, and if he has ever been given them for an ear infection, chances are good that is what is making this recurrent. I have seen success with hydrogen peroxide and oregano oil for the ear, with nystatin internally (I use adult capsules opened and mixed in smaller doses mixed with puree rather than the liquid cos that has saccharine in it).
The important treatment is pain relief. Doctors can overlook this.
Yeast live in the eustacian tubes, and they help bad bacteria grow, causing issues in the sinuses, ears and throat and the back of the nose. The best way to treat this area is to get a nasal spray, preferably one that hasn't had drugs in it, like a homeopathic one. Then empty the stuff in it, and refill with a 2% hydrogen peroxide and water solution, squirt up the nose. 15 minutes later, after any sneezing has stopped, use cotton bud with a 50/50 mix of coconut oil/oregano oil and wipe inside the nose. An hour later, use another squirt bottle with nystatin powder mixed with water, half a 500000IU pill mixed with 50 ml water and squirt that up there. Give half of the remaining half pill orally with spoonful of puree. Do all this twice a day.
Oregano oil (pure wild oregano from turkey, about 10 bucks from ebay), wiped around the outside of the ear hole (not dropped into the ear). If you get the ok from the doc that the ear drum is intact, you can use drops of hydrogen peroxide, 2%, inside the ear. Get olive leaf tincture and give dose (depending on size and type, get advice from the shop). I also mix the oregano oil, one drop, in a tsp of extra virgin coconut oil in a tsp and give it to DS. It doesn't burn this way, and is a powerful antibiotic/antifungal. This is evidence based, clinical trials have shown most of these claims to be true. Disclaimer - always get medical advice before doing any treatment and yahda yahda yahda.
I see this often, and still get success even though I'm only treating online these days, as long as the cause is treated. The doc will ignore the cause, because they don't know that yeast is a factor, and will give more abx only making the whole thing worse, and sets him up for another, possibly worse, infection in the future. You have to treat that deep seated yeast. And the gut yeast must be put back in check, which is the ultimate source. He also needs to be less acidic, which means more magnesium and calcium and potassium, plus some zinc. Bananas, sprouted seeds and beans, things like sunflower seeds, alfalfa seeds, mung beans etc (must be sprouted or the nutrients aren't accessed, they don't have to be sprouts as such, just left overnight, preferably longer, wet so that they grow a little tail); oats, but again, nutrients aren't available unless soaked overnight. If not soaked, they actually leach nutrients out of the body instead of give nutrients to the body.
What I do with oats and wheat is put them in a bowl, add warm water, big squeeze of lemon juice (needs acidic medium) and add a pinch of wheat (such as wheat bix) to the oats as they contain a chemical needed to help the oats break down, but it isn't necessary if this already sounds too overwhelming. Then I put the bowl in a slightly warmed oven overnight. They are quicker to cook in the morning, may be slightly bubbling, this is a good thing.
Is this his only symptom of yeast? Does he have any skin itches, white patches in the mouth, dandruff, gas or bowel pain, itchy eyes or ears, nappy rash, or anything else you can think of? If not, that's ok, he still has a yeast issue, I recall this from months ago as I think he was on abx at some point, maybe birth, or for the first ear infection. On my page you will see the recommendations doctors are meant to follow for ear infections as they are so rarely bacterial in origin. They are usually a combination of many pathogens. Anyway, just had to pop in with that because I can't walk past a baby struggling with ear infections long term when I know why they are getting them.
Much warmth.
Neen
Last edited by Fire; March 20th, 2009 at 06:32 AM.
Janine - Liam's doing great! He's cutting about 4 teeth at once (the top 4!) and my MIL insists he's getting is '12 month molars' too... but I haven't seen them (not that he lets me look in his mouth much!)... The cleft is all repaired and healed and he's just a normal baby now! He's eating a bit (slower than most because of the late start) but we're doing BLS which makes it hard to measure too. He loves playing with food - just not sure how much gets eaten!
I think he's been doing some growth spurts or wonder weeks because his normal routine's up to **** - waking up in the night really crying & all sorts. I know some of it's the teeth pain, but he's also started toddling a bit (few steps at a time) so there's a lot going on in that little head at the moment!
What's everyone doing about Easter? We've told everyone that Liam is NOT having any chocolate. He doesn't eat enough veggies or fruit yet to say he's mature enough for such a processed food. Quite ironic really seeing as we won the first prize in the local school's Easter raffle! Nice basket of eggs... although DH has hidden the two bunnies and gone out. <insert expletive here> He knows I love eating the bunny ears! He won't be home until around midnight and I've hunted for them and can't find them!!
It feels like ages since we've had an update from you Janine (other than this post) - how's Ci doing? I think I remember seeing you say he's walking? Got any words yet? Liam says 'cat' (we've got two) - which means that everything is a cat... very cute!
How's everyone else? I miss hearing from you all regularly...
Thanks Nettie. Baxter had a great day. Lots of phone calls, texts and gifts from gorgeous friends. He did attempt to eat a birthday cupcake but wasn't really interested. It was his first taste of junk so I'm pleased he didn't scoff the whole thing. Nope, no chocolate for DS either. He has plenty of time in his life to eat that sort of stuff.
We do a mix of BLS and spoon feed. I guess I do the spoon feed thing to save on mess and time!
Only words are 'Dad', 'Mum' and 'Bub'. That's what he calls himself. Although sometimes he mixes up Mum and Bub....and I get called Bum. Hmm........!
Got a bit teary tonight. I just remember having a newborn on this day last year. I almost wished DH had taped some of the birth. Such a significant life event and I only have patches of memory.
I hope all your babies enjoyed their 1st birthdays! Its hard to believe a year has gone by so fast.
We've had a few immunisation issues in our house this time, although, I've also done a little research and found that Boyo was immunised in a "wonder week" so not only has there been crabbiness from the immunisations, and also had some crabbiness is with that! We went from months of sleeping through, to a couple of weeks (so far) of night waking and screaming and velcroness.
Still, I celebrated my 30th birthday yesterday, and my husband did a wonderful job with my birthday surprise!
Benjamin and I went to Hey Dee Ho music in the morning, then had a nice quiet evening, then Matt came home with a little Swaravski crystal bear holding a birthday pressie for me from Benjamin, and then we hopped in the car for my surprise, which turned out to be then evening at Drallion, the new Cirque Du Soliel production, it was FANTASTIC!
Benjamin was a superstar for my boss while we were gone!
Hey there! Welcome (back? Do I remember your username??).
As Seq said, we're a bit spazmodic with our posts... I think we're all just cruising along now and there aren't too many issues so we don't think to get too much support in here like we used to as new Mummies..
My little man is teething constantly (has 6 teeth - 4 top, 2 bottom) so can get a bit whingy from that, otherwise he's a happy little guy who's just doing his thang...
Oh Nettie, we've just had the worst fortnight with DS. He has almost a full mouth of teeth, heaps of molars. Finally started to sleep through again about 4 nights ago.
We're getting ready to move into our new house! It's a beautiful 4 x 2 that DH and I designed, oh gosh, I can't wait!
Hehe nettie that is correct you do recognise my username
the best thing i have found for teething is baltic amber. I got one when dd first started getting her molars and haven't had any issues with teething since and she has sprouted three molars since.
The poor thing is sick at the moment with the cold. First sickness for her, and i would say she is handling it pretty well.
She isn't walking yet she did start but had a bit of a fall and wont do it again by herself.
Looking forward to getting to know you all, and some of you again
OMG, I have not checked in here in ages! I can't believe its been over two months since they turned 1. Thanks Sequoia for checking on me! I'm still here. Jack as been doing really well, such a happy little guy. He talks like a little parrot! So cute. He has about 20 words now and even uses them together occasionally (like, hello mummy, or kitty hug... so cute!!). And OMG, he has the cheekiest little sense of humor! His latest trick is pretending to hurt himself and coming over to me whilst 'crying' then jumping up and down and laughing when I offer him sympathy! I think I'll have to read him the boy who cried wolf!
Unfortunately we are yet to have a sleep-through of any form. He really has been the most shocking sleeper. Most nights he wakes at least 4 times, which is a massive improvement on the 10-12 times he woke each night consistently from 0-10 months!! How do I cope I hear you ask? ... especially since I've been back at work for the last 5 months?? Well, to be honest I really don't know. I guess I have just adjusted after 14 months of broken sleep. I now find that as long as I have at least 4 hours over night I am ok. Even better if he gives me at least one 3 hour stretch (which does not always happen). So we are still co-sleeping full time as that is the only way I can survive this!
Call me crazy, but we also plan to start trying for another one next month. I must be completely mad...
OMG Leyla! 20 words, what a little chatterbox! Every word here is "Dad". I am Dad, the fridge is Dad, milk is Dad. Upside is when he wakes up in the morning, he calls for "Dad"! He is getting clever though, we ask him to clap hands, and he does. We ask him to brush his hair, and he does. And he can touch his nose now when I ask, so cute!
YAY on having number 2! Fingers crossed for you sweetie.
Hehe at Liam clapping for himself! Gosh, I love this age. I don't want to wish away his babyhood but I can't wait until he can talk. I think DS would have some funny things to say. He is just like his daddy!
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Nice basket of eggs... although DH has hidden the two bunnies and gone out. <insert expletive here> He knows I love eating the bunny ears! He won't be home until around midnight and I've hunted for them and can't find them!!
I think we're all just cruising along now and there aren't too many issues so we don't think to get too much support in here like we used to as new Mummies..
she did start but had a bit of a fall and wont do it again by herself. 
is all I can do!
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